The Commonwealth.

Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1903, Page 3

The Commonwealth.

It is carious to observe how often men have fought about words while the sub■tanoa has gone unheeded. Take the word at the head of this article—as much heard in this country during tiie past _two or three years as it was in England in 1649. It is one of those apparently simple words which admit of two or three interpretations. Conmoit is the opposite of rat& or exclusive ; weal) the opposite of me ; wealth, the opposite of poverty. Now, unfortunately, wealth is not near y ■o common as poverty. That is a fact all too painfully apparent the world oyer, and we don’t suppose that anyone will have the hardihood to dispute it. What sort of wealth then, is it, that is common ? The Wealth of Nature ?-No, that wont do; for some people socnd their lives in coal mines while others cruise about the Mediterranean in luxurious yachts. We pass the question, frankly confessing our inability to answer it. But its consideration has induced other thoughts. That health favours the acquisition of wealth, iust as sickness is the cause of much oove tv. must bo evident to everybody, li to lows, therefore, that the community which f nioys the best health must also eniov the greatest wealth, being better able to cr ate it and stronger to retain it when acquired. But it is safe to assort that no idea such as 'his animated the Commonwealth men who beheaded King Char es, and set «P m his place a vastly stronger man—a man with more .real power than tha King had ever c aimed. Yet there could be no finer example of the power of vigorous heath to aebieve desired results than the triumph of Cromwell over Charles I. Indeed the unlucky King seems to have been a confirmed dyspeptic, with no definite policy, of little energy, and that Srengly directed; while his adversary was alwavsysirong, alert, fit for his task. The dvsiffiptics among us may not have kingdoms to lose, nor way they risk their heads; but, they lose all thkt is vrorth having in life so long as.thar dyspepsia continues. It w <imte l m \} a 50 {Las we are all subject to it; but the 51 ones among up promptly relieve themselves by aid of Mother beige! s sSop. Among these latter must be numbSedMrs Bello Oonlon, of 4, Parnell Place, Newcastle. N;S.W. Mrs Oonlon ; writing pa 22nd February, 1903, says;-“Foi

years I suffered—-especially during the hot summer months—from acute indigestion and bilious attacks. On sufth occasions I was also subject to violent headaches, which used to prostrate me for the time being, rendering me unable to attend to my household affairs; I could do nothing but lie in a darkened room and endure the agony in silence. My appetite was very poor, I slept badly, and was generally lowspirited and nervous. At different times I tried various pills, tonics, reputed headache cures. <fec., but wiihout avail until, In the beginning of the present summer, I bought a two and-aixpenny bottle of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. I did so on the urgent recommendation o! a friend. I Was very unwell at the time, but three doses were sufficient to afford me groat relief. I continued to use the medicine) and in a few weeks my health was quite Set Up again, tc ,n now eat well, sleep, well, and perform my domestic duties with ease. In fact* all through the present trying summer I have been quite free from indigestion, headaches and bilious attJlCits, thanks to dear o'd Mother Seigel. I cannot praise Seigel’s Syrup too highly for the benefit I have derived from it, and always keep a bottle of it in the hodsei” Healthy men and women dre the real, the true Commonwealth. The form of government in a nation of dyspeptics does not greatly matter—there cou d be no happiness among than in ohy Case.